Lindsay Mitchell Archive

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  Lindsay Mitchell compares apples with oranges and goes bananas - by frog

  
  
  
  Beneficiary bashing blogger Lindsay Mitchell published a post last week in which she attempted to argue that many people on sickness and invalid’s benefits should be looking for work. She compared the current unemployment and sickness/invalid’s benefit figures with those in 1999, the last time unemployment was at its current level of 7.3%, and came [...] read more
  February 8, 2010 12:46 pm - 49 Comments
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  Attack on invalids is a sick policy - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  Last month one-time Act party candidate and full time crusader against the DPB Lindsay Mitchell released a statement criticising National for not implementing their draconian pre-election welfare policy.  According to Ms Mitchell, who writes from the leafy Wellington sea side suburb Eastbourne, what is needed is a bit more carrot and probably a rather large [...] read more
  November 4, 2009 9:00 am - 51 Comments